*Somebody* thinks it's worth $15 mil per year, or whatever the going rate is.
If no one did, pro cycling wouldn't disappear. Salaries would go down, sure. But it'd still be there.
Nike just doesn't think it's worth $XX million in advertising. Do they even still make bike clothes?
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ElJamoquio didn't hate the world, per se; he was just constantly disappointed by humanity.